Animar, Soul of Eldrazi

Commander / EDH* Annihilator Counters Eldrazi RUG (Temur)

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Creature (41)

• 1x Abundant Maw
• 1x Ancestral Statue
• 1x Artisan of Kozilek
• 1x Barrage Tyrant
• 1x Breaker of Armies
• 1x Conduit of Ruin
• 1x Deceiver of Form
• 1x Decimator of the Provinces
• 1x Deepfathom Skulker
• 1x Desolation Twin
• 1x Dimensional Infiltrator
• 1x Drownyard Behemoth
• 1x Elder Deep-Fiend
• 1x Eldrazi Devastator
• 1x Eldrazi Skyspawner
• 1x Emrakul, the Promised End
• 1x Endbringer
• 1x Endless One
• 1x Herald of Kozilek
• 1x It That Betrays
• 1x Kiora's Follower
• 1x Kozilek, Butcher of Truth
• 1x Kozilek, the Great Distortion
• 1x Kozilek's Channeler
• 1x Kozilek's Sentinel
• 1x Kruphix, God of Horizons
• 1x Lashweed Lurker
• 1x Mockery of Nature
• 1x Nettle Drone
• 1x Oblivion Sower
• 1x Rattleclaw Mystic
• 1x Salvage Drone
• 1x Thought Harvester
• 1x Thought-Knot Seer
• 1x Tide Drifter
• 1x Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger
• 1x Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre
• 1x Vexing Scuttler
• 1x Void Winnower
• 1x World Breaker
• 1x Wretched Gryff

Land (30)

• 1x Blighted Cataract
• 1x Blighted Woodland
• 1x Cinder Glade
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Eldrazi Temple
• 1x Eye of Ugin
• 5x Forest
• 1x Frontier Bivouac
• 1x Gruul Turf
• 1x Halimar Depths
• 3x Island
• 1x Izzet Boilerworks
• 3x Mountain
• 1x Opal Palace
• 1x Rupture Spire
• 1x Sanctum of Ugin
• 1x Sea Gate Wreckage
• 1x Shrine of the Forsaken Gods
• 1x Simic Growth Chamber
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Tomb of the Spirit Dragon
• 1x Wastes

Enchantment (6)

• 1x Corrupted Conscience
• 1x Emrakul's Influence
• 1x Equilibrium
• 1x Freed from the Real
• 1x Sunbird's Invocation
• 1x Temur Ascendancy

Sorcery (4)

• 1x Farseek
• 1x Insist
• 1x Rampant Growth
• 1x Traverse the Ulvenwald

Commander (1)

Artifact (9)

• 1x Cryptolith Fragment  ^Flip
• 1x Gruul Signet
• 1x Hedron Archive
• 1x Hedron Matrix
• 1x Illusionist's Bracers
• 1x Izzet Signet
• 1x Simic Signet
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Temur Banner

Instant (9)

• 1x Dispel
• 1x Dissipate
• 1x Scour from Existence
• 1x Stubborn Denial
• 1x Temur Charm
• 1x Titan's Presence
• 1x Unnatural Aggression
• 1x Void Shatter
• 1x Warping Wail

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This deck revolves around building a board presence with large creatures while taking advantage of Animar's ability to reduce casting costs through +1/+1 counters. Combined with a strong Eldrazi theme, which means you can unleash massive, game-changing creatures with ease. You also have a mix of control and ramp elements to help manage the game and ensure Animar's effectiveness.

The primary objective of this deck is to build up Animar's +1/+1 counters quickly, allowing you to cast massive Eldrazi creatures at a reduced cost - often with Annihilation. The Eldrazi creatures you have access to can be game-changers with their powerful abilities. You have a range of instants and sorceries for control and ramp, as well as a mix of enchantments to enhance your creature generation and casting efficiency.

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Update: After 28/11/23 - 1 Win/1 Loss

Land base was good with artifact for mana generation.

Lack of creature to quickly push Animar's counters up.

0 Eldrazi Scion generation in both games, Doubling Season and Parallel lives not needed

Added:

Drownyard Behemoth

Abundant Maw

Nettle Drone

Salvage Drone

Kozilek's Sentinel

Tide Drifter

Kozilek's Channeler

Dispel

Unnatural Aggression

Cryptolith Fragment  

Wastes

Endless One

Corrupted Conscience

Breaker of Armies

Eldrazi Devastator

Removed:

From Beyond

Awakening Zone

Vizier of Tumbling Sands

Parallel Lives

Possibility Storm

Doubling Season

Commander's Sphere

Dissolve

Worldly Tutor

Island

All is Dust

Kheru Spellsnatcher

Temur Sabertooth

Den Protector

Reality Shift

Next Strategy:

More unfair sacrifice, rework creature and enchants to get more Annihilator.

Potential Adds:

Flayer of Loyalties

Eldrazi Conscription

Emrakul, the Aeons Torn

Hand of Emrakul

Pathrazer of Ulamog

Zhulodok, Void Gorger

Ulamog's Crusher

Bane of Bala Ged

Fires of Yavimaya

Urza's Incubator - cheaper big bads

Lightning Greaves - keep the big bads out longer

Thought Vessel Reliquary Tower - hand size

Thran Dynamo - better mana rock

Not of this World - protect the big bads

Darksteel Monolith - get a big bad for free

Date added	6 years
Last updated	8 months
Exclude colors	WB
Splash colors	URG
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	12 - 0 Mythic Rares 24 - 0 Rares 32 - 0 Uncommons 20 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	4.91
Tokens	Eldrazi 10/10 C, Eldrazi Scion 1/1 C, Morph 2/2 C